Product Concept Design

A Review of the Conceptual Design of Products in Industry
2006. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84628-125-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g

Globalisation of the world’s economy is leading to rapid change and uncertainties in society, politics and markets.

Product design strategies need to respond to these developments. "Product Concept Design" meets the needs and expectations of academia and practitioners working in design by focussing on the methods for creating products and design strategies in today’s fast-changing business environment.

"Product Concept Design" has been written by a collection of researchers and practising designers from leading companies such as Nokia and Volvo and provides a goldmine of ideas for designers and managers in industry, as well as lecturers in design and design engineering and their students.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keinonen, Turkka Kalervo

Takala, Roope

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Fertigungstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

to Concept Design.- The Concept Design Team.- Processes of Product Concepting.- User Information in Concepting.- Strategic Concepts in the Automotive Industry.- Concepts in Uncertain Business Environments.- Vision Concepts.

Über Autor(innen)

has been written by a collection of researchers and practising designers from leading companies such as Nokia and Volvo. The book explains the process of conceptual design of new manufactured products and shows these the principles involved are employed in real examples of consumer products from some of the world’s most important corporations detailed by the designers themselves. The Nokia Research Center employs 20,000 people in 11 countries and has a turnover of €3.76bn.